49ers waive QB Kory Faulkner, add OL Michael Philipp

Posted by Mike Wilkening on July 29, 2014, 6:20 PM EDT

AP

The only NFL club with five quarterbacks on the active roster parted ways with one of their passers on Tuesday.

According to the NFL’s Tuesday transactions, the 49ers waived rookie quarterback Kory Faulkner, an undrafted free agent from Southern Illinois. This leaves Blaine Gabbert, McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Josh Johnson as the three passers vying to back up starter Colin Kaepernick.

To replace Faulkner on the roster, the 49ers added undrafted free agent rookie offensive tackle Michael Philipp on waivers from Miami. The 22-year-old Philipp started 48 games at left tackle for Oregon State.

The 49ers have all 90 roster spots filled. However, eight spots belong to players on active-reserve lists, meaning they must pass physicals to return to the practice field. In short, the 49ers are a little shorter on depth than the 90-player limit would indicate.

Harbaugh tried to explain to Kory that the reason the football was coming up and hitting him in the mouth all the time, off the snap, was that he wasn’t keeping his hands together. But he just never got the hang of it.

Josh Johnson is the only decent backup they have at QB. Faulkner is a nice kid from what I have seen in the media on him but he just isn’t NFL caliber. I couldn’t believe they signed hm. He had a good pro day but his senior year was not good. He’s just big and can run well in shorts. He has CFL backup written all over him.

Uhh, who was the back up last year? Colt McCoy. All real teams are screwed if their starter goes down. It’s the salary cap era. No one has Steve Young as a backup anymore. We will win it all anyway. Go Niners!